HC Deb 03 May 1995 vol 259 c221W
Mr. Morley

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farm animals were identified as being unfit to travel in each month since January 1992. [21168]

Mrs. Browning

[holding answer 1 May 1995]: The information is given in the following table for the years 1992, 1994 and 1995—to February. No figures are available for 1993.

Farm animals inspected prior to export and rejected as unfit for transportation
1992 1994 1995
January 1,608 not available 1,259
February 1,116 not available 698
March 662 1,534
April 425 1,545
May 792 1,881
June 1,262 618
July 2,206 1,227
August 3,694 4,032
September 4,710 4,534
October 5,330 1,424
November 3,126 1,681
December 3,139 1,195